Republic Day 2026: Indian Armed Forces to display their finest at Rajpath march past


2026/01/24 23:23:09 IST

Pralay is one of the newest missiles developed by India

    Pralay is a canisterised surface-to-surface, short-range, tactical ballistic missile, developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

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Akash Missile Systems is an anti-aircraft weapon

    A short-to-medium-range surface-to-air missile, the Akash air defence missile system is intended to provide area air defence against multiple aerial threats for mobile, semi-mobile and static assets.

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The Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System is an extremely powerful gun

    This is a wholly Indian gun that has proved to be a world beater design. With a range of 48 km it outranges the American gun of same calibre. It has an all elecrical drive system which makes it better than Hydraluic Systems at higher altitudes.

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The Arjun MBT is the first indigenous tank of the Indian Army

    The Arjun tank features a 120 mm rifled main gun with indigenously developed armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding-sabot ammunition, one PKT 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun and a NSVT 12.7 mm machine gun.

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LR-AshM is another indigenously developed weapon

    The Long Range – Anti Ship Missile (LRAShM) is a boost-glide hypersonic missile being developed by the DRDO.

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Shaktibaan is a drone centric artillery unit

    These formations integrate unmanned systems with conventional artillery to enhance precision and battlefield awareness.

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The Bhairav Battalion is the youngest commando unit of the Indian Army

    The Bhairav Battalion is the youngest special forces unit of the Indian Army and is designed to respond to the realities of fast-moving, technology-driven warfare.

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